Working Papers
Startup Hiring through Firm-Driven Search: Evidence from VFA (with Mike Pergler). Revise and Resubmit (2nd), Strategic Management Journal
Recognition: Best Interdisciplinary Paper Award (Finalist), Strategic Human Capital IG, SMS Annual Conference 2021Star Pursuit and Star Selectivity: Two-Sided Matching Between High-Status Candidates and Startup Employers (with Tristan Botelho). Revise and Resubmit, Administrative Science Quarterly
Too Much Talent? The Tradeoff Between Human and Non-Human Assets in Technology Startups (with Ron Berman and Pablo Hernandez-Lagos). Reject and Resubmit, Strategic Management Journal
Startup Acquisitions and Organizational Hierarchy (with Ronnie Lee)
Social Mission-Oriented Startups and Recruitment Outcomes (with Matthew Lee)
High-Growth Firms in the United States (with John Haltiwanger, Joonkyu Choi, and Nathan Goldschlag) [Link]
Refereed Publications
When Do Startups Scale? Large-scale Evidence (with Ronnie Lee). Strategic Management Journal (Forthcoming) [Link]
Startup Acquisitions as a Hiring Strategy: Turnover Differences Between Acquired and Regular Hires. Strategy Science (Forthcoming) [Link]
Mentioned in: Wall Street Journal, MIT Sloan NewsFounder Turnover and Organizational Change (with Minjae Kim). Organization Science, 35(1): 259-280, 2024 [Link]
Recognition: Best Entrepreneurship Paper Award, OMT Division, Academy of Management 2021Early Joiners and Startup Performance (with Joonkyu Choi, John Haltiwanger, and Nathan Goldschlag). Review of Economics and Statistics (Forthcoming) [Link]
Startup Acquisitions, Relocation, and Employee Entrepreneurship. Strategic Management Journal, 43(11):2189-2216, 2022 (Lead Article) [Link]
Recognition: Best Paper Prize, SMS Annual Conference 2020Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the US (with Pierre Azoulay, Benjamin Jones, and Javier Miranda), American Economic Review: Insights, 4(1): 71-88, 2022 [Link]
Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship (with Pierre Azoulay, Benjamin Jones, and Javier Miranda), American Economic Review: Insights, 2(1): 65-82, 2020 [Link]
Mentioned in: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, World Economic Forum, Financial Times, Forbes, Quartz, NBER Digest, MIT Sloan NewsIs There a Startup Wage Premium? Evidence from MIT Graduates, Research Policy, 47(3): 637-649, 2018 [Link]
Other Publications
The Challenge of Retaining Startup Talent After an Acquisition, Harvard Business Review, 2024 [Link]
Servicification in the US Economy: The Role of Startups versus Incumbent Firms (with Mercedes Delgado and Karen Mills), NBER Volume: The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth, 2020 [Link]
Entrepreneurship and Innovation at MIT: Continuing Global Growth and Impact (with Edward Roberts and Fiona Murray), Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 15(1):1-55, 2019 [Link]
The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45 (with Pierre Azoulay, Benjamin Jones, and Javier Miranda), Harvard Business Review, 2018 [Link]
Work in Progress
Scaling Out? Geographic Expansion and Hiring Strategy Among Ventures (with Liinus Hietaniemi)
Venture Careers